Mental Health
Genetic Testing Can Help When Selecting Antidepressants
In the GUIDED study, pharmacogenomic testing significantly improved response and remission rates for difficult-to-treat depression patien...
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Sports Supplements
Methamphetamine-like Compound Found in Sports Supplement
Oct 15, 2013
| Business of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Pharmacists, Professional Development, Public Health & Prevention, The Daily Dose
USA Today reports that the "popular and widely controversial" sports supplement, Craze, has now been found to contain methamphetamine-like compounds. Craze is produced by Driven Sports who market the supplement as containing "only natural compounds" and as "giving unrelenting energy and focus." The study, to...
Oct 14, 2013
| Alternative Medicine, Business of Medicine, Cardiology, FutureMed 2013 Conference, Human Interest, Matters in Men's Health, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Professional Development
Why try to develop new drugs and therapies when we can repurpose old ones? Atul J. Butte, MD, PhD, Chief of Division of Systems Medicine at Stanford School of Medicine relays what happened when a cardiac drug showed unexpected sexual side effects. He explains that Contract Research Organizations (CROs) can...
Genetic Testing
Scientists Link Negativity to Genetic Variant
Oct 14, 2013
| Human Interest, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Patient Education, Psychiatry & Mental Health, The Daily Dose
Negativity may be a genetically controlled characteristic, The Washington Post reports. The claim is based on a study in Psychological Science that tested 200 people by flashing a series of words in rapid succession and asking participants to recall two of the words. The theory is that once the participant...
Major Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s Research
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